IDB ENRP Project Procurement Officer Jobs - Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)

Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and

Fisheries (MAAIF)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Project Name: Enhancing National Food Security through

Increased Rice Production (ENRP) Project
Funding Source: Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

Reports to: Project Coordinator

About MAAIF:

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries received

funding from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to implement the Jeddah

Declaration initiative (2008) through Enhancing National Food Security through

Increased Rice Production (ENRP) project. The project is to provide short term

assistance to the Government of Uganda to withstand global food market and climate

shocks as well as medium to long term support to build and strengthen the

institutional and technical capacities, for sustained agricultural growth that

contributes to poverty alleviation and food security.

Job Summary: The Procurement Officer will oversee and

manage the procurement for the PMU project under strict deadlines and standards

as set out in the IDBs Guidelines Procurement of works and goods by IBD

Borrowers.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Preparing
  
  specifications, bidding documents for goods and equipment contracts,
  
  requests for proposals for consulting assignments, and proposal
  
  application packages for subproject proposals using standard documentation
  
  agreed with IDB.


• Arranging for
  
  advertising contract opportunities and assistance in preparing contract
  
  bids


• Preparing required
  
  procurement and other documentation for review and or no objection by the
  
  IDB


• Preparing of contracts
  
  to be signed with suppliers, consultants, NGOs, CBOs and other entities


• Maintaining a record
  
  of and ensure compliance with agreed procurement method thresholds, IDB
  
  prior review thresholds and agreed aggregate threshold amounts for less
  
  competitive procurement methods.


• Work collaboratively
  
  with Technical Specialists and Accountant in preparing quarterly Project
  
  Management Reports (PMR) to be submitted to IDB


• Monitoring the
  
  implementation and performance of contracts by suppliers, consultants and
  
  other entities under time and cost management and produce monthly and
  
  quarterly reports.


• Documenting the
  
  lessons learnt and provide the best practices on design of follow-on
  
  projects.


• Performing any other
  
  duties as assigned by his/her supervisor

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The Procurement
  
  Officer for the MAAIF Project should be a Ugandan holding an honors degree in
  
  Procurement, Business, Law or Engineering 


• A minimum of five years of post-qualification experience in procurement and contract management in public
  
  sector.


• He/she should be a
  
  member of CIPS and have good knowledge of procurement policies and
  
  procedures of a multilateral financial institution (preferably the PPDA,
  
  Government of Uganda, Donor Projects); as well as good knowledge of the
  
  institutional, technical, and commercial aspects of procurement


• Age: 28 years and above